Analysis
Thursday, November 2nd 2023
Molly Ball WSJ, Oct. 31, 2023 “Rep. Josh Gottheimer, a New Jersey centrist, said on X, formerly Twitter that the 15 Democrats who didn’t vote for the resolution were “despicable and do not speak for our party.” In response, one of the 15, Rep. Andre Carson of Indiana, called Gottheimer a “coward” and a “punk,” and invited him to settle […]
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Wednesday, November 1st 2023 / Wednesday, November 1st 2023
Alan Baker Jerusalem Post, Oct. 31, 2023 “Despite her reputation as a crusader for liberal issues, she chose to ignore the Hamas atrocities, which included mass murder, rape, and kidnap.” It is difficult to fathom the logic behind the wave of demonstrations against Israel in European capitals, on North American campuses, and in cities in […]
Wednesday, October 25th 2023 / Tuesday, October 24th 2023
Michael Oren WSJ, Oct. 22, 2023 “Only by destroying Hamas can Israel secure our borders and deter our enemies. Only when we have freed ourselves from the threat of Hamas barbarism can we begin restoring our faith in our governing institutions and armed forces. We can believe, as we once did, in the idea of Israel, […]
Monday, October 23rd 2023 / Wednesday, November 1st 2023
Jordan Peterson The Telegraph, Oct. 16, 2023 “This warped psychological perspective has an appeal to groups larger than just the core individuals, and in various surreal guises. How else are you to explain the staggeringly incomprehensible spectacle of, for example, ‘Queers for Palestine’ – perhaps the most egregious example of the union of the desire by ‘progressives’ […]
Friday, October 20th 2023 / Thursday, November 2nd 2023
Tom McTague UnHerd, Oct. 20, 2023 “At the heart of all these claims lies the same grim conclusion: that Israel itself is illegitimate, a settler state which should be wiped off the map as if it were some kind of Levantine Rhodesia.” “Great wars in history eventually became great wars about history,” wrote the […]
Thursday, October 19th 2023 / Thursday, November 2nd 2023
Caroline Glick JNS, Oct. 16, 2023 “By embracing Qatar as an ally rather than punishing it for its central role at all levels of Hamas’s terror infrastructure, the administration is breaching international law, yet again. It is also betraying Israel.” On Sunday, U.S. President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and National Security […]
Monday, October 16th 2023 / Thursday, November 2nd 2023
Salem Alketbi Israel Hayom, Oct. 11, 2023 “Opening several combat fronts against Israel at the same time is a scenario that was rehearsed and the Israeli side’s reaction to it was tested.” As an observer of the events, I find that Hamas’s invasion of several Israeli towns, while noteworthy, pales in importance compared to […]
Outside Source
Thursday, October 12th 2023 / Thursday, November 2nd 2023
David Horovitz Times of Israel, Oct. 11, 2023 “The more credible assessments are that the regime in Iran, avowedly bent on Israel’s elimination, did not work for years to arm, train and inspire Hezbollah without intending to activate it, come the day. It is also recognized that what plays out in the north may depend […]
Monday, October 9th 2023 / Thursday, November 2nd 2023
Summer Said, Benit Faucan and Stephen Kalin WSJ, Oct. 8, 2023 “We know that there were meetings in Syria and in Lebanon with other leaders of the terror armies that surround Israel so obviously it’s easy to understand that they tried to coordinate. The proxies of Iran in our region, tried to be coordinated as […]
Friday, October 6th 2023 / Thursday, November 2nd 2023
Michael Oren WSJ, Sept. 28, 2023 “The result was a conflict that, in terms of its scale and complexity, was almost unmatched in the post-World War II era.” Recently, while walking in a Tel Aviv park, I was approached by a well-dressed, elderly man who recognized me—I once served as Israel’s ambassador to the […]
Thursday, September 28th 2023 / Thursday, November 2nd 2023
Sonja Anderson The Smithsonian, Aug. 24, 2023 “She could be vicious. She was like an animal, a lioness … crouching, ready to kill anyone who hurt her people, very protective. … She could be tough, very, very tough. She could wither you with just a look.” Before Golda Meir accepted the nomination for prime minister […]
Isranet Daily Briefing
Tuesday, September 26th 2023 / Wednesday, November 1st 2023
LESSONS LEARNED Herzog on Yom Kippur: Being Open to Change: Isaac Herzog, Jerusalem Post, Sept. 25, 2023 — The Yom Kippur War was a watershed event in Israel’s history. A moment of profound national shock and trauma, it has left deep scars that, 50 years later, continue to punctuate the landscape of our society. The […]
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